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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 29, 2020—The history of our planet has been written, among other things, in the periodic reversal of its magnetic poles. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science propose a new means of reading this historic record: in ice.
June 29, 2020
Salon features Prof. Dan Tawfik’s work showing how a protein “could emerge from a number of different other pieces, all produced without any biological processes.”
June 25, 2020
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 22, 2020—What did the very first proteins – those that appeared on Earth around 3.7 billion years ago – look like? Prof. Dan Tawfik of the Weizmann Institute of Science and Prof. Norman Metanis of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have reconstructed protein sequences that may well resemble those ancestors of modern proteins...
June 22, 2020
Israel21C reports on the Weizmann Institute’s proposal to NASA to send a craft to Triton. The project, Trident, is sponsored by the Institute and the Israel Space Agency. It will feature a super-accurate clock and seek life.
June 10, 2020
Covered in Science Daily, the story of the creation of a unique material is also the story of a unique collaboration between the Weizmann Institute and the Max Planck Institute.
June 10, 2020
Dr. Elisabetta Boaretto and colleagues used pioneering microarchaeology methods to accurately date Wilson’s Arch. The work advances safe archaeology, says The Times of Israel.
June 03, 2020
The Jerusalem Post reports on an Israeli team – including the Weizmann Institute – that was just named a finalist for a NASA mission to Triton, one of Neptune’s moons.
May 15, 2020
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 14, 2020—An incredibly accurate clock planned by the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Israeli Space Agency, and an Israeli company could be on its way to Neptune’s largest moon in 2026.
May 14, 2020
Weizmann scientists “have discovered new entities created from interaction between matter and light particles,” reports Xinhua. Potential uses include quantum applications and design of new materials.
May 13, 2020
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